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and what i detail in this book is the real nasty infighting that got very personal, excluding holbrooke from meetings, forbidding him from using government plains. trying to slip talking points to the president of the united states after excusing holbrooke from a meeting after a meeting with president karzai. childish and petty stuff. >> that came at a stiff price? >> yes, we had soldiers dying trying to beat back the taliban and trying to get to peace talks. however difficult and elusive they were was a key part of what president obama wanted. this was something that the president wanted and, in fact, both sides in this fight wanted the same goal. they were just caught up in a personality clash. >> and you're also saying that we wasted a year in afghanistan during which time we spent money, american troops lost their lives because of the surge strategy itself. >> yes. so you would think when the president authorizes more troop, we'd be sending those troops to the places that are the most critical parts of afghanistan, that are the most important to beat back the taliban to protect the
and what i detail in this book is the real nasty infighting that got very personal, excluding holbrooke from meetings, forbidding him from using government plains. trying to slip talking points to the president of the united states after excusing holbrooke from a meeting after a meeting with president karzai. childish and petty stuff. >> that came at a stiff price? >> yes, we had soldiers dying trying to beat back the taliban and trying to get to peace talks. however difficult and...
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the veteran diplomat richard holbrooke who died a year and a half ago. he was in charge of trying to manage the overall diplomatic strategy. really try to push towards getting to negotiations with the taliban. a very difficult challenge. this is a guy who had ended fighting in the balkans. a real diplomatic heavyweight. there were senior officials in obama's white house who just didn't like him. it was very personal, acrimonious fight. what happened was their infighting essentially stalled american policy in trying to come up with a plan to get to negotiations. it wasn't like the taliban were sitting at the other end of the table. this is what they were seeking to do. what i detail in this book is the real nasty infighting that got very personal. excluding holbrooke from meetings. forbidding him from using government planes. trying to slip talking points to the president of the united states after excluding holbrooke from a meeting with president karzai. >> childish stuff that came with a steep price. >> we had troops on the ground, fighting, dying to tr
the veteran diplomat richard holbrooke who died a year and a half ago. he was in charge of trying to manage the overall diplomatic strategy. really try to push towards getting to negotiations with the taliban. a very difficult challenge. this is a guy who had ended fighting in the balkans. a real diplomatic heavyweight. there were senior officials in obama's white house who just didn't like him. it was very personal, acrimonious fight. what happened was their infighting essentially stalled...
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. >> rose: the late holbrook was worried about that, that the world was shifting, particularly afghanistan and the exclusion of diplomacy. do you have some concerns about that? >> i wouldn't say to the exclusion, but certainly -- >> rose: imbalance, perhaps. >> well, i think by most definitions, the power, the presence, the resources of the military are quite disproportionate to what, you know, we can field through the state department and u.s.a.i.d. but what has happened in the last tech decade in iraq and in afghanistan has been, you know, quite important. the growing appreciation and cooperation between our military, our comes-- diplomat and development experts -- call it the three d.s of forepolicy-- and both bob gates and leon panetta were real champions of this because they recognized if we weren't working as an american team, we were going to get out of balance pup know, it's not been an easy relationship because there are different culturees, different expectations about what we're work for, what kind of result we're seeking. but with we've learned to not just coist but cooperate i
. >> rose: the late holbrook was worried about that, that the world was shifting, particularly afghanistan and the exclusion of diplomacy. do you have some concerns about that? >> i wouldn't say to the exclusion, but certainly -- >> rose: imbalance, perhaps. >> well, i think by most definitions, the power, the presence, the resources of the military are quite disproportionate to what, you know, we can field through the state department and u.s.a.i.d. but what has...
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know, governor romney has not begun to reflect on that, but it is basically a program that ambassador holbrooke opened up before he died and it is a very substantial set of activities associated with building institutions come influencing population, etc. then you add in the credibility of the president himself, and in some regions of the world, it was a lower after president bush. >> a couple of responses on that. first, on popularity, if you look at the pure research polls, he has gotten an uptick in the muslim world partially because of afghanistan and i have a very different take. i have spent time in afghanistan. i think there are a couple of points that need to be made. one of which is the good that was done by the increase in resources, all of which had been put in place by this administration to predecessor. when the military talks about plans, it is true to task with a lot of logistical infrastructure, preparing units, a training unit. this was all under way. i know that. and give the president credit. the thing the president did which ended at been tremendously destructive in terms of
know, governor romney has not begun to reflect on that, but it is basically a program that ambassador holbrooke opened up before he died and it is a very substantial set of activities associated with building institutions come influencing population, etc. then you add in the credibility of the president himself, and in some regions of the world, it was a lower after president bush. >> a couple of responses on that. first, on popularity, if you look at the pure research polls, he has...
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started the first munk debate in 2008 with a big wind with charles krauthammer defeating the late richard holbrooke and samantha power on the question of is the world a safer place with a republican in the white house? [laughter] [applause] can he ladies and gentlemen make it too for once a night? we will say this, undeniably brain sale for it brain cell he was one of the most formidable debater of his generation. he is also a celebrated harvard professor and "the daily beast" "newsweek" columnist, a film and diverse area and best-selling author. our own niall ferguson. [applause] now to my immediate left our second debaters speaking in favor of tonight's motion brings a vital perspective. the view of the german people on the fast-moving eurozone crisis. he is the publisher of the prestigious german weeklies iced, germans at equivalent of "time" magazine are canada's own maclean's, the author of numerous best-selling books of geopolitics including goober power, america's material temptation and his analysis of geopolitical events appears regularly in "the new york times" in the new republic and the
started the first munk debate in 2008 with a big wind with charles krauthammer defeating the late richard holbrooke and samantha power on the question of is the world a safer place with a republican in the white house? [laughter] [applause] can he ladies and gentlemen make it too for once a night? we will say this, undeniably brain sale for it brain cell he was one of the most formidable debater of his generation. he is also a celebrated harvard professor and "the daily beast"...
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the second is the notion of diplomacy backed by force leading to a negotiation which is what holbrooke brilliantly did in dayton and in the third is the concept of atrocities prevention, which madeleine albright and bill cohen and others did was to bring this forward the president has now signed a directive on the prevention board for exactly the kind of early warning. and then finally, democracy building as a longer-term antidote, the community of democracies and other kinds of devices. so, these were horrible the episodes but i think what it did is triggered structural change which is one of the hardest things to get in the human rights area. >> i agree with what herald said. i think that there's another factor here will probably is evolving that's evolved very fast and that international attention. in effect, rwanda was remote out of the way, not what tended to slow rolling in the public while it was rapidly filling in the disaster, so that i think all the things back. only a other hand, darfur had more press attention than it had peacekeeping capacity and add more early press atten
the second is the notion of diplomacy backed by force leading to a negotiation which is what holbrooke brilliantly did in dayton and in the third is the concept of atrocities prevention, which madeleine albright and bill cohen and others did was to bring this forward the president has now signed a directive on the prevention board for exactly the kind of early warning. and then finally, democracy building as a longer-term antidote, the community of democracies and other kinds of devices. so,...
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but it is basically a program if you look at the work that ambassador holbrooke opened up before he died, and then the state department is caring on. so very substantial set of activity associated with building institutions from influence population, et cetera. end and incredibly of credibility of the president himself in the vast reaches of the world of credibility that was very low under the second president bush. i think a powerful program. >> a couple responses. first on popularity. if you look at the pew research poll, it really is not the case we have gotten this tremendous bump up in popular, particularly -- that is partly because of things like -- afghans eyesight is very different take. i spent a lot of time in afghanistan. and i think there are a couple of points that need to be made. one of which is that the good that was done by the increase in resources, including troops cut by the way, all of which you can put an end by this ministration predecessor. i was part of -- object. >> biplane, when the military talks plan, as you know, it's true to that. a lot of logistical infras
but it is basically a program if you look at the work that ambassador holbrooke opened up before he died, and then the state department is caring on. so very substantial set of activity associated with building institutions from influence population, et cetera. end and incredibly of credibility of the president himself in the vast reaches of the world of credibility that was very low under the second president bush. i think a powerful program. >> a couple responses. first on popularity....
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the second was the notion of diplomacy backed by force leading to a negotiation which is what holbrooke brilliantly did at deyton. and the third is the concept of atrocities prevention which -- and what madelyn albright and bill cohen and others did was bring -- madeleine albright and bill cohen and others did which was sign a directive -- atrocities prevention board for exactly the kind of early warning. and then finally democracy building. as a longer term ant doket -- antidote. and so these were horrible ep societies but what i -- episodes but what i think it did was trigger structural change which is hard in the era. >> i agree with what harold said. i think there is another fact, harold, that probably is evolving but evolved very fast and that's international attention. in effect, rwanda was remote, out of the way. not well intend -- well-attended to. and so on the other hand, darfur had more press attention than it did peacekeeping capacity. and it had early press attention which was complicated by very late deployment. so in fact it wasn't the sovereign answer, but it was a piece
the second was the notion of diplomacy backed by force leading to a negotiation which is what holbrooke brilliantly did at deyton. and the third is the concept of atrocities prevention which -- and what madelyn albright and bill cohen and others did was bring -- madeleine albright and bill cohen and others did which was sign a directive -- atrocities prevention board for exactly the kind of early warning. and then finally democracy building. as a longer term ant doket -- antidote. and so these...